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Happy Birthday Bob!

I guess this time off has allowed Bagg ro become younger as he was cut due to age and this being a young man's game..as per Chris Jones...what a bloody joke haha

Alrighty then! Let's talk football, I love a friendly banter between our provincial neighbors. I agree that the Bombers and Riders are both proud, entertaining football teams that are the heartbeat of their respective communities. I set out to settle once and for all, in cold hard football facts, using math, that the Bombers are simply a flat out better team than the Riders. I began by comparing the overall records of the clubs since their inception by regular season, playoff totals and Grey Cup Wins: Saskatchewan Roughriders Regular season: 568-601-23 (47.65%) Playoff record: 70-60-2 (53.03%) Grey Cup record 4-15 (21.05%) How are you this bad. Overall record: 642-676-25 (47.80%) Winnipeg Blue Bombers Regular season: 641-603-15 (50.91%) Playoff record: 66-53-2 (54.54%) Grey Cup record: 10-14 (41.67%) Overall record: 717-670-17 (51.07%) Look at that, better winning percentage for the Bombers in every category! I know, I know, all you Rider fans are gonna say "Yeah, but the Bombers haven't won a Grey Cup since 1990". A valid and albeit sore point of contention for Bomber fans. So I looked at the most woefully embarrassing period of history for the Bombers - their overall record during their current Grey Cup drought. For the sake of mercy, I've excluded the 2018 season as it would only serve to further Chris Jones' greatness as our lord and savior. As you quite kindly pointed out, every game is purely for entertainment, and as such we'll be focusing on the overall record of the teams, as regular season games have as much weight as any Grey Cup match for entertainment. Any Rider or Bomber fan knows the importance of the Labour Day / Banjo Bowl matchup is just as important as capturing Le Coupe de Grey. Saskatchewan Roughriders (1990 to 2017 inclusive) Regular season: 217-267-2 (44.65%) Playoff record: 13-12 (52%) Grey Cup record: 2-3 (40%) Overall record: 232-282-2 (44.96%) Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1991 to 2017 inclusive) Regular season: 224-260-2 (46.09%) Playoff record: 10-11 (47.62%) Grey Cup record: 0-5 (0.00%) Overall record: 234-276-2 (45.70%) That's right, even in the Bombers most inept era consisting of famous QB greats like Alex Brink, Ryan Dinwiddie and Darian Durant, you guys still managed to eke out a worse overall record. Sure, you guys have a more recent Grey Cup wins, but you also took more than 50 years to win your first Grey Cup! At the current rate of a Rider Grey Cup win every 25 years, you guys would need to another (25 years * 6 Grey Cups) (don't forget to carry the 1) = 150 years to even match us! Are you even trying? Also, troll harder - your green is showing.

He said something nice about the Bombers. No way in hell that Nate could have done that. He would have spontaneously combusted.

Hey if you like being patronized you keep on doing you, but it's disrespectful and I won't tolerate it. I don't need green filth coming here telling me the bombers are a good team, I already know they are. Idiot.

Not sure about Jade, but I understand that Addison sprained his wrist trying to give them a call.

Will he replace Carter on defense or offense? 🙄

Probably cause he got knocked the F*** out last game. Guy has a concussion.

And because at least one poster doesn’t know when his schtick wears thin, this thread has met its end.

I think that's in the Code of Conduct.

My family and I made our annual pilgrimage from Saskatchewan to Mecca– I mean IGF, to watch the Bombers. I can't say enough about how much fun we have each year. The atmosphere in the stadium was great on Friday and I think the players contribute to that by treating the fans really well. Before the game Streveller stood at the south end and played catch with a number of kids in the stands, Anthony Gaitor gave my son a signed hat that he will treasure and wear proudly. Of course, there were also a number of guys signing autographs and taking pictures with fans after the game. The first guy out there to meet the fans with a big smile on his face was Shayne Gauthier– same as when we visited last year. That the players and the organization go the extra mile makes our trip a highlight of our summer. More importantly it makes it easier to raise Bomber fans here in Saskatchewan. And winning doesn't hurt either!

He was working on deep corner routes and a few fly routes during Monday scrimmages...but this is common at most practises I've attended...no special attention to the long ball...I attended both practises last week prior to the Hamilton game...I know I wasn't the only observer to indicate that Matty seemed off...a lot of inaccurate throws. I chalked it up to rust after the bye and expected it would improve before the game on Friday...as we all observed...his accuracy wasn't great last week...this week...he was much more accurate during practise IMHO

Presenting the leading candidate for TD celebration thru week 9... They’re calling it the “Hippo”.. Love it! It beat out Demski and his page-turning TD celebration over U of M logo, and the BC Lions “selfie”

if so I'll have to go back to my Lyle Bauer avatar.

So the worst team in the league doesn't want you. Pederson needs some lessons on how to title his articles. Poorly worded but what do you expect from a wanabee.

I'm sure you've all heard that John A. Macdonald's statue was removed in Victoria - due to his treatment of our Aboriginal people. However, I will only take that gesture seriously if someone follows suit with a Laurier statue. I'm not holding my breath...

Bite your tongue! How would I know that Brandon Banks is nicknamed "Speedy B" if I didn't hear it 800 times per game?!

paint me like one of your saskatchewan girls.

C'mon 17to85, leave DougR alone. He, like the rest of us come here to get away from the everyday **** of real life. You can go discuss this in US Politics. I also would like to suggest anyone who wants to talk about the NFL protests also do it over there.

This is the response? Thank you for completely proving what I'm saying. No one forces anyone to play in the CFL so how is it oppression? How about if you disagree with the protests you give me some legit reasons why it's bad that people are exercising their right to free speech. Just because I am a white Canadian doesn't mean I don't have eyes and ears to see what's going on. Some players are using the platform they have to bring attention to the differential treatment of people of different races, and if you don't think different groups get treated differently then you really aren't paying attention. Just because you're old doesn't mean it's OK to be racist. But her emails tho amirite?

Ya if anyone truly believes this post had any integrity and attempt to have a meaningful conversation... you're deluding yourself. This post was created solely to try and worm in and start a dialogue before he turned it into a spewfest. zero doubt in my mind and I cant believe after all these seasons and all these attempts...people still fall for it.

They must resign Bighill. At this point he's close to irreplaceable.

You know, this agenda of yours against Hall is getting pretty old. Hamilton scored 23 points. Overall this year, we are second overall in points against. We average 21.25 points against per game so far, so this last game was pretty much bang on our average. It's true that we were a bit shaky at the start of the year but the defense has improved greatly since then. Most of us seem to be able to recognize that, but you keep going on and on with your petty little vendetta. So why don't you give this "saved Richie Hall's butt" crap a rest for a bit? Thanks.

Oh FFS, here we go again with your stupid rhetoric. We'd all like a Grey Cup but only one team wins a year, How is Calgary an elite team? I know you think the Stamps are elite. They have no character. They quit when the going gets tough. They panic & make mistakes when the championship is on the line. They can't walk the talk. They rack up these monster regular seasons winning 14 & 15 games a year & then lose to teams that won only half the number of games they did in the Grey Cup. Or they choke in the playoffs & don't even make it to the Grey Cup. How is that elite? What about the Argos??? They won the Grey Cup 9 months ago so they're still an elite team, according to you. Get real.

Notable: Lankford got all 1st team reps in Dressler's spot; Leggett didn't practise - Fenner took SAM reps; Alexander didn't practise - Cooper took reps in his Field HB spot; Harris was helmutless - most of his reps taken by LaFrance; Bennet was one of the up-backs on punt team Dressler didn't have a noticeable injury, (i.e. walking fine etc.) Alexander was walking gingerly on his right leg that had a tensor/wrap Legget and Harris seem fine...just maintenance Starting line-ups look to be the same as last week (keep in mind this is only the first practise of the week)...big proviso being whether or not Alexander is good to go...if he isn't...looks like Cooper comes on...probably in his spot with the DI's being Wild, Fenner, Roh and Medlock again.

Last time he played Ottawa Lankford went 74 yards to the house.

yeah well what else is new https://www.bardown.com/forbes-report-states-grim-financial-numbers-for-the-arizona-coyotes-last-season-1.1158096

Chris Jones basically comes out and announces that the Riders violated the CBA today with releasing Bagg. Can't release an injured veteran. Should have kept him on 1 game IR. Gonna be a lot deeper doo doo than a $25,000 fine if the CFLPA decides to grieve this. What a maroon, why even say this?

Demski's was cool because of this:

The Hippo was one of the best I've seen. Sense of humour, and cool at the same time.

Wow, an American that ignores facts and goes with his own opinion. I'll bet that's never happened before...

Sounds like they're adding tires to the fire already raging in the dumpster....I doubt the fans in Riderville know what the hell is going on...I don't think the management knows what the hell is going on ....The players must be totally confused....Nice job Jones LOL...Hope they keep it up till Labour Day

Not to mention the distraction Mrs. Jones must be causing him. I hear she has a thing going on.

It's official:

Yes, but you would know this every morning as you look out the window with a tear gently rolling down your cheek.

I am not in favour of taking down any statues at all. Macdonald's treatment of First Nations is well documented and has been widely discussed. I'm beyond annoyed when people still try to claim there are those who don't know, and removing the statue will be a small step towards education and reconciliation. However, somehow, Wilfred Laurier is rarely if ever brought up. Is it because he's Liberal? I don't know. But I do know that his immigration policies were very racist and discussed openly in parliament. Also, he did nothing to change anything that JAM put into place. Example: JAM legislated a $50 Chinese Head Tax; Laurier raised it to $100, then $500. Then there's Mackenzie King. He banned Chinese immigration altogether, on July 1, 1923. During the Dirty Thirties, he said he wouldn't give a red cent to anyone who didn't vote Liberal. Then there is the treatment of Japanese Canadians during WWII.

Coworker brought this in today, gift for her hubby. 😄

A few Jim Neidhart stories for those that dont mind reading my longass posts (and maybe a fun non-related tidbit at the end): Its gonna be a long one. Read at your own risk! 😉 - We first booked Jim Neidhart in summer 2002. We had debuted in March 2002 at the UofM with a show that still holds the Manitoba indy wrestling attendance record (1750+ fans), featuring Eddie Guerrero, Honkytonk Man & Brutus Beefcake, and subsequently ran shows weekly at our "home" venue The Stratosphere (Palladium) and other places. By Summer we were gearing up for our next big show. Ill try to give some background without taking too long. We wanted to go back to UofM (IGAC) but our office manager claimed to be close friends with Sam Katz and through a series of meetings, he offered us the Ball Park for "free". That turned into "a small sum". Which turned into "no more than IGAC costs" and then when we had no time to seek other arrangements, turned into more than twice what IGAC costs (Im not a Sammy fan). So a bunch of other crazy crap happened that made that show a cursed one. Ballpark held over 7500 people so we needed something big to at least try and fill a third of it. We booked Roddy Piper and Bret Hart with Piper getting the Key to the City. My concern was neither guy wrestled so I suggested booking Jim because it was a cheap flight from Calgary and he was relatively inexpensive. And then in essence, we're doing the Hart Foundation reunion and gives more booking logic for Bret to interject himself in the action (and he'd likely be willing to do more in the ring). Piper ended up backing out due to a schedule conflict and was replaced by the Road Warriors (in a funny twist, I think we had booked them first, then when we could get Piper, we cancelled the Warriors and when my partner called Animal back to re-book him, Animal gave him an earful lol). Then Bret had his stroke, about three weeks before the show. We had tickets on sale, we had tons of print and radio advertising out. And worse yet, Bret's condition was being kept secretive. His agent told us he was not that bad and intended to make all bookings. We had a contract and could not cancel. Meanwhile, the local wrestling radio show (Joe Aiello & Don Callis) reported Bret was in dire condition. Callis hated my partner (and generally didnt support local wrestling) so when we'd buy advertising on the radio show, he'd not-so-subtly make heavy sighs and other noises to indicate he did not endorse or condone or otherwise think very highly of our events (he more or less did that for any local that bought advertising). He made a point every week of saying "If anyone thinks Bret Hart is making his advertised appearances, they are crazy. Do not buy a ticket expecting to see Bret Hart." (We eventually had a blow up with the station sales person over it). To his credit, Joe had me on the show and I truthfully said Don could be absolutely correct but I can only tell people what the agent tells us. We even had a deal with the Blue Bombers to provide shows at the tail gate parties and then could distribute advertising and I remember people taking our very expensive flyers and saying "come on, Bret is dead" or "Bret's not coming, what are you trying to pull" etc. Of course, Don WAS correct. So we start getting a bad feeling and our ticket sales have stalled completely. I decide to push Jim to our regular weekly show and use the big show to promote it because the weekly show was, in a way, more important to our survival than what was shaping up to be a disaster of a big show. About ten days or so before the big show, we get word Bret is out. My partner and I then get into a fierce battle over who should replace him. He wanted King Kong Bundy (He might have suggested Bam Bam Bigelow too). And I wanted Jeff Jarrett. I remember being in our board room arguing and we decided to let one of our top guys be the tie breaker. He said absolutely Jeff Jarrett. I left the boardroom and we ended up booking Buff Bagwell (go figure lol). So now we're really facing a disaster, so we decide we have to cancel Jim (no Bret, whats the point). I call him and give him the bad news and he reads me the riot act and then calmly says to keep in touch and he'd love to come in lol Long story short, we did draw well (over 1200) but it was a disaster. And almost ended up in litigation with the Goldeyes (and had one tense meeting with Sammy). And by the way, our financial investor who had stopped investing for anything non-office related, wanted to pull the plug before the big show and when we protested, he pulled out two dice and said "over or under", rolled them, my partner said "over", the roll was a seven and thats how we stayed in business. We limped along for awhile and a year later (Aug 2003), my partner quit (a power play which I wont detail here). I spent the next year solidifying things and fighting off competitors etc and decided I wanted to begin bringing "names" (import talent) back. And I targeted Jim Neidhart. It was low risk. He was a short flight from Calgary, no hassles with Customs, paid in Canadian and since it was a Thursday, I assumed he'd actually show up. The deal was simple. He asked for, I believe $600. I countered with $400. We agreed on $500 (he later asked for an extra $50). He'd work the main event against our Champion and put him over (lose via pinfall/submission). In the weeks leading up to the show, he'd call my apartment from time to time to just chat. If I was out, he'd chat with my gf. Nice guy, but seemed lonely. I had arranged for him to fly in the night before (a Wednesday) because I was slightly nervous about him showing. He blew off the Wednesday flight saying he'd just come in on the Thursday. I was nervous. I go to the airport and wait...and wait...and wait. A fact of life is, any wrestler travelling via plane will always be the last one through the door (especially true when clearing customs, especially in Winnipeg where they enjoy hassling wrestlers). So, everyone enters...but no Jim. I go to the Payphone and call my gf and ask if Jim called...she says no. And I begin loudly cursing his name....only to see the guy on the phone beside me look over. It's Jim!! Crises averted. We went to the hotel and had dinner and he was very jittery, like ADD sort of but very cool. When he asked about his opponent, I said he had a WWE try out a few months earlier but they hadnt signed him and he got all nervous saying "there's something wrong with him, there's something wrong with him." I put him at ease and he goes to his room to relax. He declined to come down to the locker room so I sent his opponent up to his room to go over the match. At Intermission, I go up to check on them and as soon as I walk in, our champion gives me a sort of "ugh" expression. I say "How are things going Jim?" He looks a bit confused and asks "what did you want for a finish?" I say "our guy over via pinfall." Jim strokes his beard for a moment "How about I go over?" "Well, Jim, that doesnt really work because he's our champion so we need him to go over." He continues stroking. "What if we do a DQ?" "Well, Jim, we really wanted you here because you're a huge star and its helping our guy get over and helping us look like a big time promotion to have you. So you putting him over would really help us out." (laying it on thick). He continues stroking. "Can it be a ****** finish?" "Absolutely Jim, he's a heel, he can screw you." Our guy interjects "Ill hit you in the head with the belt", to which Jim snaps "you wont hit me in the head with anything!" Jim agrees to the finished (belt shot to the back). Another crises averted. Match happens (it was basic but fine, crowd enjoyed it). I was ring announcing and the pop for Jim when I intro'd him was awesome. After the match, Jim gears down and bee-lines to me, "where's my money?" he demands. I say "Jim, no problem, I was waiting for you to get dressed." I pull out the cash and he strokes his beard while leaning over me as if he needs to intimidate me into paying him. Hilarious. He then politely thanks me and we go back to enjoying some cold ones at the bar. Jim would order a beer, drink half of it (which is about two gulps) and order a fresh one. He kept doing this (his tab was comped) until the bartender, getting annoyed finally says "what about the one in front of you, arent you going to finish it?" Jim looks at the half full bottle of beer and says "nah, its old. Give me a new one." Then things get really interesting. A young woman, early 20's, is there. I know her from the bar and the fact she dated a couple of local wrestlers. And, in fact, was then dating a local wrestler (but not one that worked for me and he was not there this night). She's hanging out with Jim, flirting, drinking etc. She comes to me and says her bf is getting mad she's out so late and wants her to come home. But she wants to hang out with Jim. "Im a huge Hart Foundation fan and this is awesome," she says. I tell her she should do what she wants and if she enjoys hanging out with Jim, stay and enjoy." Awhile later, she comes back to me and says "my bf wants me to come home but Jim wants me go to his room and keep drinking with him. I dont know what I should do." So I say "well, you can go home with your bf any night. How many nights can you go home with Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart?" She smiles "thats a good point. Thank you." So Jim grabs two beers in one hand and this girl in the other and goes off to his room for a nightcap. Now, I dont want to disparage the memory of the recently departed, but the young lady was happy to report that she was "Anvil Approved" (she even had a shirt made). The next day, we get a minor snow storm. I have to pick Jim up at the hotel and take him to the Airport. Im running late and he's getting anxious and calls my gf to express his anxiety. She talks him down, tells him he has plenty of time etc. I arrive and he's pretty nervous about missing his flight. I assume Calgary airport is farther out then Winnipeg's and he was just not familiar. He even saw a building in the distance and thought it was the control tower and got excited. So we arrive at the airport and I get out of the car and go around to his side to grab his bag and thank him etc. He suddenly leans on me like he's been shot in the leg. I ask him what happened and he whispers, play along. I practically carry him into the airport where he is grimacing and moaning. A WestJet employee runs over, "Oh my, sir, are you okay??" "Im a professional wrestler," Jim replies through his gritted teeth. "I blew out my knew. I cant walk." She tells him not to worry as she grabs a wheel chair. Jim says "This knee made us late, Im afraid Ill miss my plane." "No, sir," she replies. "Ill take care of everything and hold the plane if we have to." Jim winks at me and as the woman is getting the ticket info, he whispers that it "never fails" and its an old trick to avoid walking through large airports. yeesh I thank him for the match and the fun stories and off I go as he is wheeled towards his gate. You could definitely tell he was of the old school WWE variety but he really enjoyed doing shows and being around the boys and the fans and was really funny. Loved telling stories. He was a good guy. Bonus tidbit: Ill be sitting down in front of cameras this weekend as will several others including Don Callis, for a project. What could it be? Stay tuned!

Looking like the Riders might be bringing Rob Bagg back.

What a waste.

Shouldn't we take down the Louis Riel statue then too?

Isn't this how everyone pre-games?

How about the concept that when we interact with others, the exchange reveals who we are?

Lets see what they do with Josi in a couple of years, he has to have the most team friendly contract in the NHL

Apologies to both sides of this debate for my .... uh.... robust response to this guy. I lived in SK for far too long and react pretty strongly to this faux intellect bs that's so prevalent there. I'll go back to lurking and liking now, friends.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/diversity-will-destroy-what-makes-canada-great-conservative-mp-bernier-1.4050494

I would hardly say Ottawa is 'hot' right now - they barely won against the Als last night, and the week before imploded against Toronto. They are also only .500 on the road thus far. Edmonton and Calgary are still the teams to beat. That's not to say Friday will be a cake walk - it is the CFL and anything can happen, I just think we're a better team than Ottawa overall. As for Nichols - I think he just had an off game against the 'cats. He'll bounce back.

Would they need to mute it so the announcers can be heard when it’s that loud? Not that we want to actually hear Rod Black.

By my count, 22 words. I'm separating the hypenated word into it's components. Taken as one word, the count is 19. Hope that helps!